How To Install xinit on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xinit
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xinit
xinit is:
xinit and startx are programs which facilitate starting an X server, and loading a base X session. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install xinit
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xinit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xinit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xinit
Install xinit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xinit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xinit
Install xinit Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xinit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xinit
How To Uninstall xinit on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xinit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xinit
Uninstall xinit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xinit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xinit
Remove xinit Configurations and Data
To remove xinit
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xinit
Remove xinit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xinit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xinit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xinit
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.